Brachytydeus schusteri

Familia: Tydeidae
Subfamilia: Tydeinae
Genus: Tydeus
Subgenus: Pertydeus
Species: T. (P.) schusteri

Name

Tydeus (Pertydeus) schusteri (André & Naudo, 1965)

• Type locality: rocky seaside near São Sebastião (Brazil).
• Holotype: MNHN, Ad.

Notes

• The description by André & Naudo is a bit confusing. Indeed, the description of the new species and the type species of Pertydeus designate Pertydeus schusteri (and NOT Tydeus (Pertydeus) schusteri). But two lines before and in the title, it is stated that Pertydeus is a subgenus of Tydeus. This classification is followed by Baker (1970: 165).
• Re-established in its pristine state and re-assigned to the subgenus Pertydeus by André (2025).

References

• André, M. & Naudo, M.H. 1965. Pertydeus schusteri, n. sgen., n. sp., nouveau Tydeus à griffe pulvillaire (Tydeidae). Acarologia 7(4): 673–682. Abstract and full paper (PDF). Reference page. 
• Baker, E.W. 1970. The genus Tydeus: subgenera and species groups with descriptions of new species (Acarina: Tydeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63(1): 163–177. Reference page. 
• Kaźmierski, A. 1998. Tydeinae of the world: generic relationships, new and redescribed taxa and keys to all species. A revision of the subfamilies Pretydeinae and Tydeinae (Acari: Actinedida: Tydeidae) – part IV. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 41(2): 283–455. Reference page. 
• Silva, G.L. da, Metzelthin, M.H., Silva, O.S. da & Ferla, N.J. 2016. Catalogue of the mite family Tydeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) with the world key to the species. Zootaxa 4135(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4135.1.1. Reference page.